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Top Ten Reasons to Choose IBM ISS
From improved information security to impressive cost savings, IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS) offers a number of compelling benefits for outsourcing your security operations to the ISS Managed Security Services team.
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IBM ISS' Top Ten

  1. ISS helps you save up to 55% of the costs of in-house information security. ISS' Managed Security Services offer you the unsurpassed skills and processes of an experienced security company, without the costs of maintaining in-house resources.
  2. ISS is the only Managed Security Services Provider that guarantees protection of your network environment with performance-based Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and a $50,000 money-back warranty. ISS' SLAs offer a higher standard of protection compared to other vendors, with guaranteed response times and countermeasures for security events.
  3. ISS is the indisputable market leaders in Internet security. Industry analyst firm IDC has named ISS the worldwide market leader in the three major Internet security market segments, including intrusion detection and prevention, corporate desktop firewalls, and network vulnerability assessment and management software.
  4. ISS keeps you in control of your security operations 24/7/365 with the feature-rich Managed Security Services Virtual SOC Portal. Access the Virtual SOC Portal at your desk or on-the-go for customized reporting, threat analysis information and secure communications with your MSS analyst.

  5. ISS protects you with up-to-the-minute information from the ISS X-Force, the most respected security intelligence and research organization in the industry. The X-Force gathers security intelligence from thousands of sources around the world, proactively researching and developing protection for the vulnerabilities hackers could use to launch attacks.
  6. ISS offers one-stop solutions for federal, state and industry regulatory compliance. ISS' elite team of consulting experts combines deep industry experience with best-of-breed technology and services to help you achieve and maintain regulatory compliance.
  7. ISS preemptively protects the vulnerabilities in your systems until you can apply security patches. ISS' Virtual Patch automatically applies protection policies to vulnerable systems across your enterprise, simultaneously blocking attacks and eliminating emergency patching.
  8. ISS manages your day-to-day security operations from state-of-the-art, fully-certified Security Operations Centers (SOCs). ISS' sophisticated SOCs are highly secure-redundant environments strategically designed to ensure that mission-critical systems are protected from any single point of failure.
  9. ISS offers real-time, automated analyses as well as correlation and prioritization of events. These services prevent the misidentification of attacks, eliminating false positives and ensuring accurate identification of malicious behavior before it can cause damage.
  10. ISS compares and contrasts your organization's security posture to your peers. Find out how your organization's security posture compares with your peers and industry trends using ISS' performance-based industry benchmarking reports.

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